Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

I've been meaning to come on here and thank you guys for starting this thread, and thus leading me to reading these books. BUT, I am now a little over halfway through A Storm of Swords, and I will give you no thanks...in fact, George R.R. Martin is an ass. Granted I saw it coming, but still.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Really? When was the last time you read "Fellowship of the Ring"? I could literally skip pages at a time, knowing that he'd just be describing their cloaks getting hooked on branches.

I love Tolkien, but thank you for this, very much.

(I've commented here because I fell asleep watching TV a few weeks ago, and when I woke up, some woman was walking into flames and then, I guess the next day, but I'm not sure, because I might have fallen asleep again, a (the same?) woman was getting up out of the ashes, dirty, nekked, and with what looked like a little dragon growing out of her. And then these guys wearing skins bowed down to her. And then realized, 'Oh, this is Game of Thrones")

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Very satisfying episode. I was genuinely surprised to see the episode end. It went by in a flash!

Fuck Daenerys. YAWWWN

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Am I the only one who did not like the 2nd episode? I like Arya and Gendry, and appreciated being introduced to Pyke, but the rest was weak and deviated from the books in ways I did not enjoy.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.-H. L. Mencken----------------------The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Am I the only one who did not like the 2nd episode? I like Arya and Gendry, and appreciated being introduced to Pyke, but the rest was weak and deviated from the books in ways I did not enjoy.

I'm with you on this too. I understand having to adapt for television purposes, but some things were just unnecessary. I do find it funny to see people who have not read the book telling off the book-readers for complaining on internet threads.